Benzema/Ribery Held by Police

[WaltonRed]

BBC News - French police 'detain footballers' in sex inquiry

 

French police have detained football internationals Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema as part of an investigation into an alleged under-age prostitution ring, legal and police sources say.

 

Earlier, they were questioned at the request of an investigating magistrate looking into allegations that a Paris nightclub gave access to under-age girls working as prostitutes.

 

Police have until Thursday morning to decide whether to release them.

 

Both players have denied wrong-doing.

 

One of the women who is alleged to have met clients at the club while she was under age, Zahia Dehar, has already told investigators that she had paid sex with the two players.

 

Mr Ribery's lawyer told reporters in front of the police station where her client was questioned, that Mr Ribery had had no idea the woman was under 18 when he had paid for sex with her in 2009.

 

"It is an intentional offence, he would have to know her age, which wasn't the case," Sophie Bottai said.

 

"She would have to look minor, which wasn't the case; she would have to tell him she was minor, which wasn't the case, since all over the press she claimed that she was adult and that she was more than 20 years old."

 

Under-age sex illegal

 

Under French law, paid sex with someone under the age of 18 is regarded as sex with a minor - even if the general age of consent is 15 - and punishable by three years in jail and a fine of 45,000 euros (£38,000).

 

Ms Dehar, now 18, said she never told her age either to Mr Ribery, who plays for Bayern Munich, or Mr Benzema, a Real Madrid player.

 

Mr Benzema has previously denied any wrongdoing through his lawyer.

 

Earlier this year, police launched a raid on a Champs-Elysees nightclub called the Zaman Cafe and detained 18 girls on suspicion of prostitution.

 

Ms Dehar was not among them, although her name was already known to investigators, who had been carrying out phone taps on the cafe's managers, says the BBC's Hugh Schofield.

 

 

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This is the chick in question. Fuck me she's fit.

[Gary Mac Legend]

She's really not very fit at all.

[lifetime fan]

Plastic.

 

You can understand Riberary having to pay for it, regardless of how much money he has though.

[Strontium]

Ignorance of her age is no defence. It would appear they are bang to rights.

[WaltonRed]

She's rude though you gang of fruits!

[Arl arse]

She's a fake plastic Barbie doll - Of course she's going to appeal to some overpaid egotistical footballers.

[Funkasy]

They could never see it coming, and i think its wrong to prosecute them because she looks everything else then under age.

[Monster Masch]

This is her

 

 

 

 

I'd have done it.

[Byrnie]

This is her

 

 

 

 

I'd have done it.

 

Looks better there than in the first photos.

[Cardie]

Ignorance of her age is no defence. It would appear they are bang to rights.

 

While out at your over 18's conservative shin digs did you Id potential girls to make sure they weren't holding membership to the Tory youth?

[mattyq]

Urggh, she's a minger. I hate plazzy tits

[Tepid water]

Is Ribery a bond villain?

 

Horribly disfigured as a child.... Check

 

Fabulously wealthy....... Check

 

Involved in underage sex ring..... Check

 

If he keeps playing a few more years they are going to have to rename him Scaramanga or something.

[Jim MM]

There is still a curse on French football and it won't be lifted until the World Cup is replayed with Ireland in it.

[Sandman]

She's fucking hideous. Nice going Karim, Frank you fuckwits.

[Mike84]

Maybe this is why he signed a new contract at bayern because nobody else would touch him after this "scandal".

[Steve Holt]

I kinda feel for Ribery here. He is the victim of a hypocritical law. If you are going to allow prostitution and you country's age of consent is 15, why do they have to be 18 before they can receive money for something they can legally do for free?

 

I'm not saying I want the world to be full of 15 y/o prozzies or anything. But having sex with her wasn't the problem. It was only paying her that made it unlawful. If he'd held on to his money there would be no problem in the eyes of the law. It is kinda silly when you really think about it.

[liverpoolsno9]

I'm not saying I want the world to be full of 15 y/o prozzies or anything.

 

Ok, i'll say it for you.How good would that be? I'd be permanently skint!

[Redder Lurtz]

She's a horrible, ugly, plastic, fake, vaccuous, thick looking, self obsessed, story-selling, minging cunt. I wouldn't touch that with a bargepole. Idiot cunts like her who model themselves on such glorious additions to the gene pool as Paris Hilton and Katie Price should be shot on sight. The two footballers in question are unfortunate but if they're going to have their heads turned by a manipulative stupid looking slag like that then they probably deserve what's coming to them.

[Tepid water]

She's a horrible, ugly, plastic, fake, vaccuous, thick looking, self obsessed, story-selling, minging cunt.

....but apart from that you like her... No?

[Ted]

I'd smash it like a plate a Greek wedding.

[Soup]

Just goes to show if you dont have an age verification procedure in place it can cause you problems.

[Anubis]

She looks like she's over 18, and if it's true that she gave press interviews claiming she was an adult, then I think they shouldn't have too much trouble avoiding any legal difficulties. She'd fit right in on a Saturday night in Liverpool city centre. Still would like.

[danperkins]

I'd give her the best 17 seconds of her life

[Alan Sex]

[WaltonRed]

Queers!